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Music notes
By LOUIS HILGARTNER
Stiff Columnist
It's almost Spring Break and
soon schools will be closing so
students can trundle off down
the highway in search of the
perfect way to have the most
kin while spending the least
amount of money.
Some will be inspired to dis
cover just how sunburned the
human body can get in a single
afternoon. For others, the pri
mary objective is to rip both
legs off in a vain attempt to im
personate Olympic skier Bill
Johnson.
One thing is for sure: where
ver they go, they won't go
alone. A road trip never is taken
without music riding shotgun.
On a long trip, there's noth
ing like a few tunes to wile
away the hours and the mile
markers.
Road Music comes in several
different categories and should
be applied appropriately.
For those who think the 55
mph speed limit is merely a
suggestion for little old ladies, a
fast pace is definitely required.
It makes no sense to listen to
Air Supply while you drive
down the highways and by
ways so fast that the front of
your vehicle heats up like it was
in re-entry. Face it, an extra ac
tion car needs some extra action
times. Some possibilities are
Sammy Hagaris Three Lock
Box, Night Ranger's Midnight
Madness or anything by The
Who. Other bands to cruise by
include Def Leppard, Journey,
R.E.O. Speedwagon (especially
the "You Can Tune A Piano But
You Can't Tune A Fish" al
bum), the Rolling Stones and
Led Zeppelin. Of course, cruis
ing is highly personal, so take
care in selecting your own
tunes — they reflect on your
personality.
It doesn't hurt if the stereo in
the car has enough firepower to
melt any obstacles in its way. In
fact, this is probably a damn
good idea, since there is no way
on God's green earth our ad
venturous vacationers will be
able to stop in time. On the
other hand, most of these
rocket jockeys approach life as
only a part-time job anyway.
Now, not everybody is trying
to get to South Padre Island af
ter their afternoon class in time
to catch some rays before the
sun goes down.
Some folks would like to be
able to see more than a vague
blur of the landscape. For these
more rational mortals, it isn't
important that they outrun an
F-15 jet fighter. That's not to say
they don't want to make good
time while driving, they just
don't feel the need to go super
sonic before they get outside
the city limits.
In this case, the appropriate
music might be a little more
"good-time." Maybe a little Cul
ture Club will fill the bill. It's
happy, has a good beat and you
can dance to it. Give it an "85."
If you aren't into men who wear
makeup and dress like women,
you might try some Duran Du
ran, Pouce, U2, Men At Work
or Genesis. Those who might
want to rock out a little as they
wheel along can slap in an April
Louis Hilgartner
Wine, Baby's, Eddie Money or
Asia tape. Again, preferences
are individual and options are
endless.
Finally, in our loose categori
zation of student pilgrims,
comes the rare breed of individ
uals who feel no need to travel
at any particular speed, other
than wnat pleases him at the
moment. One minute he is
going slower than a highway
department mower, the next he
switches to full speed ahead
with booster rockets standing
by. I always have wondered
what these free spirits listen to
and what it is that makes them
drive the way they do. They al
ways look like they're having
more fun than the law allows.
Now let's say that you
weren't able to build up a suffi
cient head of steam to make it to
Vail before running out of gas
and you need a place to rest be
fore continuing your odyssey.
Night is coming and you're not
up to driving onward into the
dark. You're no longer doing
your Chuck Yeager imitation.
The mood changes. It's "Miller
time" — time to trash a small
hotel room.
Trashing hotel rooms — an
integral part of the Spring Break
Trip — is an art all its own and
requires its own unique music.
Some of the absolute all-time
greatest Room-Trashing Tunes
are "Say What You Will" by
Fastway, "Hair Of The Dog" by
Nazareth, "Metal Health" by
Quiet Riot, "Rage In The Cage"
by The J. Geils Band and "Pho
tograph" by Def Leppard.
"Hot Legs," "Free Bird,"
"Kashmir," "Rock And Roll,"
"Maybelline," "Roll Over, Bee
thoven," "Johnny B. Goode,"
"Back In The U.S.S.R.," "Wang
Dang Sweet Poontang," "Hot
Blooded" and anything by ZZ
Top all make good bouncing-
around-while-you're-confined-
in-a-small-room tunes. Remem
ber, trashing is done in good
fun, but part of the game is pay
ing up if you happen to totally
waste the room. (I remember
one time in San Marcos when a
musician friend of mine, who is
very ... creative, and I had a
heck of a time convincing the
management the doorknobs
really were broken before we
got there.) With this in mind,
try to refrain from putting krazy
glue on your room furniture
and sticking it to the ceiling.
I hope you have been taking
notes. It's not every day infor
mation of this caliber is passed
on to the general public.
Whatever your style, taste or
moral conviction, I hope Spring
Break 1984 is the absolute best
you've ever had.
Happy trails.
CONCERTS:
Yes ... Thurs., March 15 at
Reunion Arena in Dallas. Tick
ets for this supershow are on
sale. Need I say more?
Big Country ... Wed., March 21
... at the Music Hall in Hous
ton. Tickets are on sale now.
This is the band's debut tour
and it ought to be a good one.
.38 Special and Golden Earring
... Fri., March 30 ... at the Sum
mit in Houston. Tickets are on
sale at all Ticketmaster outlets.
This sounds like the makings of
a good show, although I would
never have dreamed of these
two bands playing the same
gig-
Entertainment
Duo plans performance here Tuesday
Their partnership in its sixth
year, Charles Treger and Andre
Watts will perform at the sixth
concert of the Memorial Stu
dent Center Opera and Per
forming Arts Society's 1983-84
season Tuesday in Rudder Au
ditorium.
Treger, a violinist, and Watts,
a pianist, first teamed up in
May 1978 for a series of concerts
commemorating the 150th anni
versary of the death of com
poser Franz Schubert.
The series was so successful
that the two decided to con
tinue the partnership, and the
performers have met with great
success throughout the coun
try.
A critic for the Washington
Post said: "Violinist Charles
Treger and Pianist Andre Watts
brought sumptuous music
making to the Library of Con
gress . . . the underlying dy
namic of each one's perfor
mance is charged with the same
kind of fluid energy. It stems
from their exceptional technical
agility and intellectual quick
ness allied with a keen emo
tional responsiveness."
Tickets for the concert are on
sale at the Memorial Student
Center box office in Rudder
Tower.
Choirs will perform Mass on Sunday
By HELEN DE LA ROSA
Reporter
A “Great Choral Festival” will
be presented by Texas A&M in
Rudder Auditorium Sunday at
2:30 p.m.
Patricia Fleitas, assistant vocal
music coordinator, said four
A&M choirs — the Community
Singers, the Singing Cadets,
Women’s Chorus and Century
Singers — will blend about 200
voices in presenting Schubert’s
Mass in E Flat Major.
“The Mass is pleasant and
easy to sit back and enjoy if we
allow our sensitivities to go up
on stage and join the singers,”
Fleitas said. “The Mass is all
sung in Latin, but you will sense
glory and mercy; you sense the
words musically.”
Fleitas said the four groups
have been preparing for the
Mass since about January.
Dr. Morris J. Beachy, direc
tor of choral activities at the
University of Texas, will direct
the concert.
“Dr. Beachy was our first
choice as director,” Fleitas said.
Fleitas said Beachy is recog
nized internationally and has
made extensive concert tours all
over Europe, the Middle East
and Latin and South America.
The University of Texas
Chamber Singers will present
the first half-hour of the con
cert, Fleitas said.
After a brief intermission,
the hour and 45 minute Mass
will be presented with the ac
companiment of a symphonic
orchestra, which includes wood
wind players from the A&M
Symphonic Band and string
players hired especially for the
concert.
U.T. Chamber Singers solo
ists will also join with the A&M
choirs during the Mass.